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City Against New Rat Weapon; Fatty Crab Gets Liquor License, Special Cocktails

Some restaurant owners want to bring in garbage disposals as a weapon in the war on rats, but the city won&#8217;t allow it, claiming that the sewer system would be overwhelmed. [<a href="http://www.nrn.com/breakingNews.aspx?id=336266&menu_id=1368">Nation's Restaurant News</a>]
<a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/fatty-crab/index.html">Fatty Crab</a> gets a liquor license and some original cocktails to go with it; meanwhile, McDonald&#8217;s will be giving away free coffee all day tomorrow. [<a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/49948">NYS</a>]
Ernest Gallo, co-founder with his brother Julio of the much-maligned but enormously successful California winery, dies at 97. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/07gallo.html">NYT</a>]